The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-01-12
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

The fall colts may be given all the ground
oats they can eat. AS mares will have but
little labor to perform at this season, there
will be no necessity for weaving the colts be-
fore spring.
General c. NJ. Clay, who has handled q
greet many sheep, says it won't 90 10 use the
Old-fsshioned shepherds crook on modern
heavy sheep. The way to hold them is to
put the arm around the neck
Stock, as a rule, are naturally clean, and
will not lie down to rest in a manure-pile if
Eore clearly and comfortable quarters are
provided and we all know that cleanliness is
conducive to health.
Breeding animals should not be kept too
tat, and those THAT are intended for breeding
purposes should. not be fed with those being
fatted for market. If the females be too tat
the young VIII be weak and puny.
symptoms OF diseases in hogs are such as
to indicate the particular difficulty 10 one
who is experienced in their management. A
cough denotes malignant lung trouble,
while inactivity and mOpishness mean that
something is wrong with the digestion. Very
frequently severe cold may cause them to
draw up and appear sick, especially when
the SHELTER is not such as should be pro-
Yided.
Solomon Scar, of Maxwell, Lac qui ParIe
County, Mimi, has $50 sheep, and thinks
they pay him better than wheat would, says
the American Sheep Breeder. He prefers
the larger breeds on account of their great
value for mutton, and believes that farmers
would find greater profit IN sheep if they
would raise them so extensively that buyers
could easily secure them by the carload,
The colt that is taken from its dam in the
fall has hard time of il the first winter; all
the harder for a too prevalent idea that
little hardship at this time is no detriment,
causing the animal to be tougher. On the
contrary, there is no time in horses life
when liberal feeding Is more necessary or
viii pay better. Oats are even more neses-
sary for the colt while growing than for the
old horse while working or being driven.
Mr.. C. NJ. Winslow, secretary of the Ayr
shire Cattle-breeders Association, reports
average yield from herd OF fifteen Ayr.
shires Of 500 pounds Of milk per COW during
the month of June, the milk yielding % per
cent. OF cream as taken from testing glasses.
This, however, is very uncertain method
of testing the richness of milk, as one sam
pie of cream may contain twice as much
butter as another sample of the same size.
The presence OF any thoroughbred cow in
herd, says the American Dairyman, has
most remarkable effect upon the owner She
is the first one he concerns himself about
when the herd is looked up. She gets all
the pettiDg and extra bites OF grass. The
wife sets that cows milk separate to use in
the family, and when the COW has new
calf everybody goes out to look at it. Such
a COW has a refining influence i'm the family.
and every family and every farmer should
have one in the herd.
Way They Treat Horse-thieves in Mon
tana.-A Montana newspaper contains the
following advertisement, and IL it catches
the eye of the thief he will learn how to
make $50 for his heirs. THE night of the
14th inst. dark bay mare, fifteen hands
high, small white star in forehead, both hind
feet white, was stolen from the stable of Ira
Sampson, the undersigned. will give mare
and $50 in cash for full and reliable partic-
ulars regarding the funeral of the thief.
! That's the kind of a man / am"
The Necessity of Bedding.-The man who
owns horses and does not provide plenty Of
good bedding for them during the winter
should be made to sleep on the bare floor
without any cover over him. Tue treatment
would be about the same. While bedding
does. not answer for covering II, prevents
the contact with the cold floor or ground,
and thus makes the horses mere comfortable,